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Work at height

Fatal 3 m fall costs Iceland Foods £2.5m

Reporting

GRI plans to standardise accident reporting metrics

The CNC machine operator’s leg became trapped in the advancing control platform

Work equipment

CAV Aerospace’s £800,000 second strike

News continued

Regulation/Enforcement

HSE sets out its priorities in 19 sector plans

The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has outlined its plans for regulation and engagement with industries from chemicals, manufacturing and construction to leisure and waste and recycling in 19 newly-published industry sector plans, posted online this week.

Workplace transport

Tyre retread co pays £300k for lack of seatbelt rule

A Lincolnshire-based tyre firm has been fined £300,000 after a worker died when the forklift truck he was operating overturned. Vacu-Lug Traction Tyres did not enforce seatbelt use for forklift truck drivers.

Reporting

Irish work deaths fall but farming still ‘area of concern’

The workplace fatal injury rate in the Republic of Ireland decreased from 2.4 to 2.1 per 100,000 workers between 2015 and 2016.

Features

Work at height

Rescue plans

Work at height: To the rescue

Work at height

MEWPs

Work at height: Elevated risk

Work at height

Anchor points

Work at height: Relearning the ropes

Features continued

Chemicals

Machinery certification

Marked for life

Certifying machinery and products coming in and out of the UK as safe for use could become complicated after Brexit.

Control of contractors

Leader interview

Derran Williams, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

The funding institution’s safety adviser talks about ensuring standards on infrastructure projects worldwide, lobbying the Kyrgyz government to let women work and confusing St Helena with St Helier.

Personal protective equipment

Wearable technology

Tech top to toe

From hearing protection that doubles as a heart-rate monitor to impact-sensing knee pads, we review recent and upcoming developments in wearable protection technology.

Watch a selection of videos within the copy

Columns

Louise Hosking

how OSH practitioners could close the gender pay gap

Lawrence Waterman

not overstating a risk avoidance problem in schools

Products and services

Personal protective equipment

JSP, making lives safer with innovative PPE

Qualifications

RRC offers discounted training courses in Manchester

Personal protective equipment

Uvex Safety partners with HexArmor to expand PPE offerings in the UK

Products and services continued

Skills

World-class training facility launches to success

It’s been an exciting 2017 so far for Hunter Training Solutions as the company have opened their multi-purpose training centre in West Yorkshire. The wide range of courses offered at the facility are delivered by health and safety professionals, whilst the highly experienced training team are on hand to arrange training to suit any business needs.

Lone workers

National Car Parks and SoloProtect lone worker case study

As the UK’s number one car park operator, National Car Parks (NCP) has more car parks than any other UK company, supplying millions of customers with parking solutions.

Personal protective equipment

uvex hands over cheque to guide dogs charity

uvex has presented Guide Dogs for the Blind with a donation following the company’s successful National Sight Conservation Campaign.

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